A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Category: The outdoors

  • Songs about Montreal

    I love to make lists. Just for fun, I’ve compiled a list of songs about Montreal, the city where I live and my favorite subject to write about (see this, this and this). Lots of singers, both local and international, have used the francophone metropolis as a muse over the years. Here are the best…

  • Discovering Little Burgundy: Untapped Outtakes

    I just published a new article about one of Montreal’s most interesting neighborhoods: Little Burgundy on Untapped Cities. Read it here. Little Burgundy has a rich past, playing an important part in Montreal’s renowned jazz scene. After years of desolation, the area has been going through quite the revival in the last few years. I…

  • Weekend outings: art in the Eastern Townships

    I’ve already spoken about my mother’s work on this blog before, when I wrote about the piece of her’s that I have displayed in my entrance. This lovely fall weekend, I went to the opening of her latest exhibit, which is on until January 20th at the Musée Beaulne in Coaticook, Quebec. My mother’s main…

  • Pictures of water

    Over the years, water has been a very inspiring subject in photography for me. Here is a selection of pictures from my collection: These first two were taken on a short trip to Boston in 2010. It was in August and we did had done a lot of walking so when the rain forced us…

  • Pictures of Montreal

    Here are some outtakes of photos that I took for my articles on Untapped Cities (Plateau Mont-Royal, Old Montreal).